Punan
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Punans,
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Punan
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Over decades, the Indonesian government stripped the Punan of their ancestral lands and encouraged them, sometimes forcibly, to settle in ready-built villages.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
In 2002, a census of the Punan in eastern Borneo focused only on the villages, because so few nomads were thought to exist.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
In 2019, Brendan Borrell and Joshua Irwandi traveled by boat and on foot to meet the Punan Batu living along the Sajau River near Tanjung Selor, Indonesia.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Kharis, a young member of the Punan Batu, played a guitar made of terap wood at a rock shelter in Sadau, Borneo.Credit...
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
As regards the land of shades and the journey thither, Punan beliefs are closely similar to those of Kenyahs and some of the Klemantans.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
The religious beliefs and practices of the Punans are similar to those of the Kayans, but are less elaborated.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
The only evidence in support of this that we can offer is the fact that the Punans handle their poisoned darts much more recklessly than the other peoples.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
The proportion of the length of the foot to the stature is 16 : 100 in Kayans of both sexes, 154 : 100 in Ulu Ayars, and 15.2 in Punans.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Whether they really are Punans or have been called so because of their recent nomadic habits is difficult to determine.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
On making a long hunting trip on the slopes of Mount Dulit, he took with him a Sebop who was familiar with Punans and their language.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
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